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Patent GB-818674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hose end fittings
Inventor: MOSELY ARTHUR COLIN
IPC: F16L33/22
Filed: 1955-11-09
Abstract: 818,674. Hose and fittings. COMPRESSION JOINTS Ltd. Oct. 19, 1956 [Nov. 9, 1955], No. 31988/55. Class 99(1). In a compression type hose and fitting an annular cupped ferrule 5, 6 is provided which is inserted into a sleeve 8 and secured by a nut 7, and consists of a brass outer bush 5 which embeds in the end of a synthetic plastic pipe 4, e.g. of polythene and a copper inner sleeve 6 having an outwardly projecting annular head fitting against a step in the bush. The end rim of the sleeve is swaged over the nose of the bush, the inner surface of which has annular serrations opposite longitudinal serrations on the outer surface of the sleeve which provide for retention of the pipe end. In modifications, an adhesive may be employed to secure the pipe to the ferrule. Small rents may be incorporated in the bush to provide a key for the plastic pipe material and to allow visual indication of inserted depth.
Patent GB-1508142-A (GB)
Title: Glass furnace
IPC: C03B5/027
Filed: 1975-07-31
Abstract: 1508142 Glass furnace OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP 31 July 1975 [16 Sept 1974] 32092/75 Heading C1M The temperature of a glass melt in the submerged throat between two chambers, in the first of which the glass is above the processing temperature and from the second of which the melt is withdrawn at a suitable temperature for processing. is sensed and maintained by Joule effect heating between a first electrode in the first chamber near the throat and a second electrode in the throat, the current being passed on reduction of glass outflow from the second chamber. The external parts of the second electrode may be provided with a coating means to extract heat from the glass in the throat when necessary and an independent second source of electrical power may be connected in series to the Joule heating circuit to counteract extreme conditions (i.e. melt flow through the throat being zero).
Patent GB-1262027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hair-styling apparatus
Inventor: MARTINEZ LARRY CY
IPC: A45D2/14
Filed: 1970-07-02
Abstract: 1,262,027. Hair styling. L. C. MARTINEZ. July 2, 1970 [Dec.15, 1969], No.32102/70. Heading A4V. A hair styling device comprises a prismshaped body having flat sides defining corners. The body preferably has a square cross-section, is hollow and is made of rigid plastics material. In a preferred form the body is formed from an extruded transparent plastics material. A set of such devices may be sized to telescope one within another.
Patent GB-231232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to smoothing, grinding, and polishing glass, marble, or the like
IPC: B24B7/24
Filed: 1923-12-22
Abstract: 231,232. Wade, H., (Soc. Anon. des Ateliers de Construction et Fonderies de Jeumont). Dec. 22, 1923. Flat extended surfaces, surfacing.-Apparatus for smoothing and polishing plate glass, marble, &c. comprises a number of fixed tables 1, 3, 5, 7 upon which the glass is secured, and polishing- tools mounted upon trucks 20, which travel, on rails, along the tables, traversers 9 at the ends of the tables enabling the tools to operate on any of the tables. Work on each table is confined to one operation, for example, roughpolishing, fine sand polishing, emery powder working, and putty powder polishing. The tools comprise devices 16, 17, driven through multiple-speed gearing 18 by a motor 19. The table 33 is supported on members 32, and conduits 22 - - 26 are provided to lead away water and abrasive. The grinders may be mounted to reciprocate or to move in a circular path, and the tables may be heated by hot water, steam, or hot air.
Patent GB-1100557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric switches
Inventor: ORAM JOHN ANDERSON
IPC: H01C10/50
Filed: 1964-08-07
Abstract: 1,100,557. Cam-operated switches. FERRARIS DEVELOPMENT & ENGINEERING CO. 28 July, 1965 [7 Aug., 1964], No. 32230/64. Heading HlN. A two-pole changeover switch comprises a pair of resilient contact arms 10, 11, coupled by an insulating bridge-piece 15 which is urged against the stepped periphery of a cam 21 rotatable to cause contact arms 10, 11, to each change-over from one to the other of two fixed contacts 18, 19, arranged in cross-wise fashion with arms 10, 11 in opposite angles. An insulating block 16 supports the fixed contacts 18, 19, in slots. With bridge-piece 15 engaging an inclined step 25 of cam 21, the limbs 12 of the contact arms 10, 11 are in the neutral position shown on block 16. The switch is used as a reversing switch in a controller for electric model railways, the switch being combined with a variable resistance or a transformer with variable tappings (Figs. 2, 3, not shown). In this latter embodiment, heat is conducted away from a rectifier (29) in the controller housing by a metal strip (41) passing outside the housing (Figs. 2, 4, not shown).
Patent GB-994065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to circuit arrangaments employing charge storage tubes
Inventor: MANLEY BRIAN WILLIAM
IPC: H01J31/60
Filed: 1961-09-07
Abstract: 994,065. Cathode-ray storage tubes. MULLARD Ltd. June 28, 1962 [Sept. 7, 1961], No. 32247/61. Heading H1D. In a cathode-ray tube storage arrangement, an electron beam is caused to effect a writing scan over a first path to produce a charge pattern on a target having an uninterrupted, secondary, emissive, storage surface on a conductive backing. A constant-current focused, electron beam is then caused to effect a non- destructive reading scan over a second path spaced from but adjacent to the first path and with an energy sufficient to produce a secondary emission ratio greater than one, so as to produce an output signal from the target backing or from a collector of secondary electrons emitted by the target. As shown, the target T, Fig. 6, is initially stabilized at -10V with switches Sa, Sb in position 1, and with a beam energy below the first cross-over potential, to erase any preceding charge pattern. Writing is then effected with switches Sa, Sb in position 2 and with a beam energy between the 1st and 2nd cross-over potentials, by scanning over a first raster W, Fig. 5A. Reading is then effected over a second raster R interlaced with the written raster, with switches Sa, Sb in position 3. Target elements in the path of the reading beam are charged positive by an amount dependent on the potentials of adjacent target elements and give rise to an output signal. It is found that a maximum of say 10V potential difference between adjacent target elements is possible. To obtain repeated readouts, a defocussed beam is scanned over the reading raster but with energy below the first cross-over potential, and with switches Sa, Sb in position 4, or the whole target is flooded with electrons, to stabilize the target elements in the path of the reading beam at 0V. In an alternative method of operation suitable for binary information, the stabilizing scan or flood between read-outs is omitted, and written patterns are erased and the target initially stabilized at 0V with switches Sa, Sb in position 4. After writing, and one or more initial reading scans, the target elements may be charged as shown in Fig. 7A, but due to redistribution of secondary electrons during the remainder of each read-out, and before the next, the most positive elements at +20V drift negatively to say + 19V and so give rise to an output signal for repeated read-outs. Instead of writing a charge pattern by secondary electron emission from a mica layer, the target T may be of B.I.C. material, e.g. ZnS or magnesium fluoride.
Patent GB-501779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a stammer remedying device
IPC: A61F5/58
Filed: 1937-11-23
Abstract: 501,779. Sound - producing devices. IZUHARA, M. Nov. 23, 1937, No. 32268. [Class 13] [Also in Group VI] A plate, carried in the mouth and having wings 1 bearing against the teeth, centrally carries a casing for a reed 5, with inlet and outlet apertures 4, 3, whereby a sound is produced during exhaling.
Patent GB-263799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to machines for planting vegetables
IPC: A01C11/02
Filed: 1926-12-21
Abstract: 263,799. Bade, P. Dec. 28, 1925, [Convention date]. Planting-machines. - A machine for planting vegetables comprises means for tracing a furrow, a travelling band for carrying the plants with their roots uppermost, and means for detaching the plants from the band, turning them over, dropping them into the furrow, and covering their roots with soil. The frame of the machine is covered by an apron g. It is mounted on four main wheels b and is connected to a forecarriage d. The furrow is traced by a coulter or share h. The plant-carrying band j is pleated to receive the plants which are held in place by a ribbon. The band is mounted on two removable end drums and is provided with equally-spaced perforations, being driven by an interchangeable star-wheel r engaging the eyeletted perforations. The spindle u carrying the star-wheel r is driven from the main driving-spindle l by worm gearing. the spindle l being driven by chain and spur gearing from one of the wheel axles e<1>. The plants are taken from the band by pincers on the two opposite arms of a rotary appliance i mounted on a longitudinal spindle and driven from the spindle l by belt gearing. The pincers may be closed by means of cams, springs, and weights. They open after half a revolution of the appliance i and drop the plants into the furrow through a bifurcated coulter h<1>, which returns soil to the furrow. Rollers are provided for pressing the band j against the star-wheel r and for winding the covering ribbon for releasing the plants when they are gripped by the pincers. Means are provided for adjusting and tensioning the band j. Blades on the rear wheels b press the soil down about the roots in the form of a ridge.
Patent GB-674228-A (GB)
Title: Railway braking apparatus
IPC: B61K7/08
Filed: 1948-12-14
Abstract: 674,228. Railway braking apparatus. UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL CO. Dec. 14, 1948 [Sept. 10, 1948], No. 32366/48. Class 103 (i). In railway braking apparatus of the type comprising brake shoe means 5, 6, 8 and 9 disposed alongside each of the rails 1, 2 and movable into engagement therewith, the operating units which may comprise piston and cylinder devices 11, which are associated with one rail, are staggered with respect to the operating units for the other units, this arrangement being suitable for use on narrow-gauge railways. To prevent any tendency of the vehicle wheels to leave the rails owing to their passing out of the brake mechanism on one side before the other, guide rail members 20, 21, 22, 23 are provided beyond the ends of the brake shoes.
Patent GB-154468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to roofing skylight windows
IPC: E04D13/03
Filed: 1919-12-29
Abstract: 154,468. Mackenzie, R. D., and Phillips, A. Dec. 29, 1919. Roof-lights.-A roofing or skylight window adapted to be placed at the apex of the roof consists of a corrugated angled sheet having a frame containing sheets of glass meeting in a ridge at the highest point and provided with a rain-tight joint. A rain-tight joint for the ridge comprises a metal supporting-strip h and lead &c. capping k. On the downwardly sloping edges of the glass the lead capping is applied as shown at n, Fig. 7, channels n<1> being provided to drain away moisture.
Patent GB-399168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to mountings for reciprocating engines
IPC: B60K5/12
Filed: 1932-01-12
Abstract: 399,168. Mounting motors &c. CHRYSLER CORPORATION, 341, Massachusetts Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. Jan. 12,1932, No. 32517. Convention date, June 6, 1931. Drawings to Specification. Divided on 399,161. [Class 79 (iii).] A mounting for a reciprocating engine, having resilient positioning means located fore and aft in proximity to a vertical plane passing through or near to the centre of mass of the engine, is arranged to provide for the engine a longitudinal axis of oscillation which is downwardly inclined relatively to the power transmission axis and which, further, may intersect the transmission axis at or near the coupling between the engine shaft and an external transmission shaft. The resilient positioning means may comprise rubber pads bonded, as by vulcanization, to metallic plates or brackets adapted to be bolted to the engine and supports respectively, whilst angular displacement resisting apparatus, such as a resilient arm, may be provided to keep the natural frequency of oscillation of the engine about the inclined axis below the working frequency of the torque reaction impulses. The constructional arrangement particularly described is the same as that described in Specification 399,161. Specification 399,169 also is referred to.
Patent GB-324975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in mowing machines
IPC: A01D69/06
Filed: 1928-11-07
Abstract: 324,975. International Eiarvester Co. of Great Britain, Ltd., (International Harvester Co.). Nov. 7, 1928. Mowing-machines. - In a mowing-machine having a two-piece axle associated with differential mechanism and gearing for driving the reciprocating cutting-mechanism, the ends 25, 26, Fig. 4, of the two parts of the axle are supported and aligned bv a hub 30 of a plate 31 which forms part of the differential mechanism. The plates 31, 32 are secured to the axle parts 25, 26 by cotter bolts 28, and carry spring-pressed pawls (not shown), which engage ratchet-teeth 39 formed internally on a gear-wheel 38, which is journaled on the hub 30. The gear 38 drives a shaft 55 through a gear 48, clutch 47, gears 43, 50 and bevel gears 53, 54, the cutter being driven from the shafts 55 by a crank and pitman. The gear 48 is journaled on the hub 42 of the gear 43, and these gears carry clutch faces which are disengaged by endwise movement of the spindle 41 on which the gear 43 is journaled, the gear 48 being prevented from axial movement. Wear of the bevel gears 53, 54 is taken up by a nut 59. The gearing is enclosed by a casing 10<a> which forms part of the main frame of the machine. The bottom of the casing is sloped and has a number of upright transverse plates in order to retain pools of oil.
Patent GB-1038294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to turbo-machines
IPC: F01D21/06
Filed: 1963-08-16
Abstract: 1,038,294. Turbines. WAGNER-HOCHDRUCK-DAMPFTURBINEN G.m.b.H. Aug. 16, 1963 [Aug. 18, 1962], No. 32601/63. Heading F1T. [Also in Division G1] Axial displacement of the rotor of a turbine such as a steam or gas turbine is detected by means of one or two control edges 6, 7 which project into a free oil jet 50 an amount depending on the position of the shaft 1 of the rotor. The jet 50 is provided by means of oil supplied at constant pressure to a nozzle 9. The receiving nozzle 10 communicates with a chamber 16 and with a relay 48 to operate a quick closure valve 43 if the displacement exceeds a certain value. The initial position of the nozzle relative to the control edges can be adjusted by a screw 17 which moves a nozzle holder 11. In the embodiment shown. The control edges 6, 7 are mounted on an extension 2 of the rotor shaft 1. Alternatively, a control edge could be formed on a collar on shaft 1.
Patent GB-1131770-A (GB)
Title: End-fire antenna
IPC: H01Q13/28
Filed: 1966-07-20
Abstract: 1,131,770. Aerials. CSF.-COMPAGNIE GENERALE DE TELEGRAPHIE SANS FIL. 20 July, 1966 [30 July, 1965], No. 32688/66. Heading H4A. In an end-fire aerial, radiating elements 2, 3 are located near a reflective surface 1 and are associated with a reflective element 7 which is so arranged that radio waves may be partially propagated past it and which is spaced a wavelength (#), at the mean operating frequency, in front of the surface 1. An axial support 6 carries the element 7, and also two parasitic elements 4, 5 located between it and the surface 1. It is stated that resonance causes standing waves to be set up in the space between the elements 1 and 7 and that a narrow axiallydirected beam of radiation results (Fig. 2(b), not shown). As described, the two radiating elements 2, 3 are orthogonally disposed dipoles, one of which may be used for transmission and the other for reception, or, with the provision of suitably phased feeding, they may be used together to transmit or receive circularly polarized radiation. The elements 4, 5, 7 may be constructed with concentric wire circles and wire spokes. The elements 4, 5 may have diameters of 0À35 # and the element 7, a diameter of 0À5 #. A linear array may comprise a number of such aerials, and an array may comprise two linear arrays perpendicularly disposed, a common reflective surface (1), Fig. 3 (not shown), being used in each case.
Patent GB-539541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the separation of yeast from yeast suspensions
IPC: C12N1/02
Filed: 1939-12-21
Abstract: 539,541. Centrifugal machines ; separation of yeast. KONINKLIJKE INDUSTRIEELE MAATSCHAPPIJ VOORHEEN NOURY & VAN DER LANDE, N. V., (formerly NAAMLOOZE VENNOOTSCHAP INDUSTRIEELE MAATSCHAPPIJ VOORHEEN NOURY & VAN DER LANDE). Dec. 21, 1939, No. 32704. Convention date, Dec. 22, 1938. [Class 23] Yeast is separated from yeast suspensions by a process in which the suspension is subjected to the action of a filtering centrifuge until a thin layer, almost impermeable, of dry yeast is formed ; after this stage is reached the machine is run as an overflow centrifuge until it becomes filled with yeast cake. This stage is indicated by the turbidity of the overflow and the supply of the suspension is then stopped. The yeast is them removed by means of a scraper.
Patent GB-538275-A (GB)
Title: A method of and means for manufacturing barbed wire and the like
IPC: B21F25/00
Filed: 1939-12-27
Abstract: 538,275. Making barbed wire. ABBOTT, H. A. Dec. 27, 1939, No. 32895. Convention date, Feb. 13, 1939. [Class 83 (iv)] [Also in Group I] A single strand,barbed wire is made by forming at intervals in the strand a kink or set of adjacent opposed kinks, applying transversely to the kink or kinks a pair of barbforming pieces bending these into U-form in opposite directions along the strand, then bending the limbs of the U outwardly at an intermediate position and finally twisting the outwardly bent parts round the strand barb leaving the extreme ends extending outwardly in the desired respective positions. The strand is kinked by passing between rolls with co-acting projections and recesses shaped to produce kinks without undue-weakness at the bends. The barb pieces are then fed transversely into the kinks, then bent into U-form and part of the limbs bent outwardly in opposite directions as shown in Fig. 6. The outwardly bent ends of the two barb pieces 16, 17 are finally twisted on the wire strand 12 to the form shown in Fig. 7 with the extreme ends extending outwardly. Fig. 11 shows the barb pieces applied to a single kink. The strand may be of high tensile steel wire and this is not weakened in the manufacture of the barbed wire since heat is not applied. Tension on the strand further tightens the barb pieces.
Patent GB-332489-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of rubber and products thereof
IPC: C08K5/07
Filed: 1929-10-30
Abstract: 332,489. Naugatuck Chemical Co., (Assignees of Strickhouser, S. 1.). Nov. 26, 1928, [Conveniion date]. Preserving.-The cracking of rubber &c. on exposure to air and light is retarded by treatment with an a diketone, such as benzil, phenanthraquinone furil, by adding say 0.5 per cent to the mix before vulcanization, or to latex &c., or by application in solution to the surface of vulcanized articles.
Patent GB-652689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to composing type lines for photographic reproduction
IPC: B41B13/02
Filed: 1947-12-15
Abstract: 652,689. Photographic type - composing. BUCKINGHAM, D. F. Dec. 15, 1947, No. 33021. Convention date, Feb. 27. [Classes 98 (i) and 98 (ii)] A type-carrying element consists in a backing member having a covering material disposed over a substantial area of one face thereof and secured thereto at spaced places so as to leave an unsecured area therebetween, with a photographically reproducible character on the unsecured area of the covering material. Pads of such elements, each bearing the same character, may be produced, and used in a method of photographic reproduction of type lines similar to that described in Specification 652,688. The characters may be printed in ink opaque to X-rays for producing type lines on sensitive material by X-rays. As shown, Fig. 1, a backing sheet of stiff material such as cardboard, paper-board or thick paper is overlaid with thinner cover sheet material which may be a transparent material such as cellulose acetate, or may be translucent or opaque, the sheets being fixed together by an adhesive (such as cellulose acetate solution or a thermoplastic) applied over parallel strips 16. Rows of characters are printed, hand drawn, or stencilled on the unsecured areas 18 of the cover material, or are applied as cut-outs and fixed thereon by adhesive. Slits 19 and lines of perforations 21 are formed in both the cover and the backing sheets in the parts thereof fixed together, and the sheets are formed into pads of units each bearing the same character, in the manner described in Specification 652,688. Selected units are torn from the pads and composed into lines in a channelled recess in a holder 56, Fig. 12, which is made in two parts movable towards or away from each other by a spring 62 and a screw 61. The assembled characters are fastened together by an adhesive strip 63 which may be transparent and may cover the characters. The cover sheet is cut on both sides of the characters as by a knife 64, and the line is removed and reproduced photographically. Characters may be composed in curved lines.
Patent GB-1487912-A (GB)
Title: Endless conveyor system
IPC: B65G17/02
Filed: 1976-08-09
Abstract: 1487912 Conveyer belts for conveying around curves in a horizontal plane UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SECRETARY OF COMMERCE 9 Aug 1976 [11 Aug 1975] 33055/76 Heading B8A Opposite edges of a conveyer belt 11 (which can be adjusted to different degrees of lateral curvature) comprise resilient tension members 12 and 13 respectively, which are held in position between spaced pairs of grooved wheels 15, 15, and 16, 16. The wheels 15, 16, on each side are mounted on frames 20, each of which are coupled to adjacent frames by motorized adjusting screws. By selectively rotating the latter, the degree of lateral curvature of the belt may be adjusted between zero and a maximum, or may be reversed so as to provide a curve in the opposite direction. The belt consists of a plurality of corrugations and rigid members 14, the ends of which are secured to the members 12, 13 (Fig. 4). The belt is retained in a V-shaped configuration by a backbone-like member 41 which is engaged by guide and drive wheels 45, 45. One wheel of each of the wheel pairs 15, 15, and 16, 16, is also motor driven. The tension members pass around pairs of discs 18, 18, and 19, 19, and respective ends of the conveyer. These are also driven. There is a central control unit (Fig. 5, not shown) connected between a control power source and the respective driving motors for the pulleys 15, 16, and 45, and motors for adjusting the screw spacing members between the frames 20.